Award-winning writer Paul Theroux takes us on a journey through small town Malaysia through the eyes of the exuberant Spencer Savage in his breathtaking novel "The Consul's File". Spencer Savage, a young American consul, is posted to Ayer Hitam, a small Malaysian town, in the 1970s. Told to close down this remote outpost in the sweltering jungle, he instead finds himself drawn to the many characters he meets among the Malays, Indians, Japanese, Chinese and the clubbable expat Brits. Through his eyes we see the rich tapestry of multi-ethnic life in post-colonial Malaysia, from adultery to murder, from ghost stories to the murky waters of diplomatic politics. It is a brilliant portrait of a vanished time, a lost landscape and scattered people. "A cool and witty sequence...a polished and professional performance". ("Guardian"). "Theroux's writing is at its most adventurous in "The Consul's File". There is no book I can compare this to: Mr Theroux's artistry is individual, serene, yet also grainy with fierce truths". ("The Times"). American travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, "My Other Life", "The Collected Stories", "My Secret History", "The Lower River", "The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro", "A Dead Hand", "Millroy the Magician", "The Elephanta Suite", "Saint Jack", "The Family Arsenal", "The Mosquito Coast", and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic "The Great Railway Bazaar" are available from Penguin.

The Consul's File

Literature & Fiction

Paul, Theroux

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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Alan Coren

ALEXANDER FRATER

Jack Trevor Story

Richard Coren

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World's End and Other Stories

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Doctor Slaughter

Genre Fiction

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Penguin

<p>the STORY OF ABANDONS CIVILIZATION AND TAKES HIS FAMILY TO THE HONDURURAN JUNGLE</p>

The Mosquito Coast

Penguin??Books

One of the earlier novels from the author of "The Mosquito Coast" and "Doctor Slaughter", this is a comic-moral tale about an innocent Chinese store-keeper in East Africa. Although cheated and manipulated by those around him, Fong maintains his sorely-tried faith that "man is good".

Fong and the Indians

This is a collection of the author's choice of his own best travel writing, harvested from half a dozen books. He has chosen his favourite people, his most vivid journeys, the landscapes and meals and narrow escapes that he treasures, some splendours and some miseries.

Travelling the world: The illustrated travels of Paul Theroux

Travel

<p>Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles. Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator - brilliant, witty, keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake of Captain Cook and recalls the bewitching tales of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson. Alone in his kayak, paddling to seldom visited shores, he glides through time and space, discovering a world of islands, their remarkable people, and in turn, happiness. 'A sharp, fascinating and highly entertaining book ...Theroux at his best' - "Daily Telegraph".</p>

The Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific

Ballantine Books

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The Consul's File

'''PUNCH'' BOOK OF SHORT STORIES: BK. 1'

World's End and Other Stories

Doctor Slaughter

Doctor Slaughter

The Mosquito Coast

Fong and the Indians

Travelling the world: The illustrated travels of Paul Theroux

The Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific

Waldo